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VIDEO: Ozzie Smith, Budweiser Taking Opening Day Petition To DC

Former St. Louis Cardinals shortstop and member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame Ozzie Smith makes his way to homeplate after being introduced as part of the 1982 World Series Championship team at Busch Stadium in St. Louis on August 4, 2012. UPI/Bill GreenblattUPI/Bill Greenblatt

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMOX) – In a video posted today on Budweiser’s YouTube page, Former Cardinal Ozzie Smith urges baseball fans everywhere to sign a petition to make Opening Day a national holiday.

The video shows Smith, along with a giant baseball, in a stage coach being pulled by Clydesdales. Smith signs the baseball and tells viewers, “All we need is 100,000 signatures on the way to the White House.”

Text on the video reads: “Opening day has always been an America holiday. Let’s make it official.”